"A certain threshold of covetous interest in scarce collectibles is necessary to bootstrap the concept of money in a social group.
[...] we are wired to cherish (and covet) scarce collectibles, like seashells.
[...] it’s not art that makes us human, our fascination with scarce assets is what makes us human."
https://www.onceinaspecies.com/p/once-in-a-species-73b
Absolutely worth reading.
Sorry, I know one of you posted this a few days ago, I opened it and left it in a tab until today, only to read it now. Now I can't remember who it was.
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